What is Judge PJM's grant rate?

Immigration Judge PJM has an overall grant rate of 41.2% across 80 decisions at the Orlando Immigration Court. The denial rate is 58.8%.

Where does Judge PJM serve?

Judge PJM serves at the Orlando Immigration Court. You can view all judges and court-wide statistics on the court page.

How many cases has Judge PJM decided?

Judge PJM has decided 80 cases on record in DOJ EOIR data, including 33 grants and 47 denials.

Does a judge's grant rate predict my case outcome?

No. Judge PJM's 41.2% grant rate reflects aggregate outcomes across many circumstances, individual results depend on case facts and representation. Always consult a licensed immigration attorney.

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Immigration Judge PJM

Name: Immigration Judge PJM - Case Outcome Data
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Published: 2025-09-30
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According to the DOJ EOIR FOIA release (vintage 2026-08), signature read: 80 merits decisions make Judge PJM a thin-volume IJ code in the FOIA release. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 41.2% (below the 48.3% national average).

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

41.2%
Asylum grant rate: 58.8%
Asylum denial rate: 80
Asylum decisions

Judge PJM in one line

Judge PJM's asylum grant rate is 41.2% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 80 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

41.2%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate: 80
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume: -7.1 pp
vs. national average

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"PJM" is the anonymized judge code DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) assigns in its public case-data release, not a verified public identity. EOIR does not publish immigration judges' full names in this dataset, so this code should not be read as confirming, or attributing these statistics to, any specific named individual. See our methodology for detail.

This judge's merits outcome mix

80merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted33(41%)Denied47(59%)

Statistical data only. Individual judge grant rates reflect historical case outcomes, case mix, nationalities handled, and legal representation rates all affect these numbers. This is not a prediction for any future case. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Judge PJM vs all tracked IJs by asylum grant rate

Where this judge's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked immigration judge (a leniency measure, not a quality ranking)

41.2% 818th of 1696 higher than 878 of 1,696 judges

Immigration judges, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Year-by-Year Outcomes

Historical asylum merits decisions for this anonymized EOIR judge code. Annual rows can be thin, and are not a forecast of any future case.

FY	Decisions	Grants	Denials	Grant %
2016	14	4	10	28.6%
2017	49	21	28	42.9%
2018	17	8	9	47.1%

IJ rate-band chamber

Anonymized codes nearest Judge PJM's grant rate

EOIR publishes immigration judges as three-letter codes, not names. This chamber lists nationwide IJs whose asylum grant rate is closest to 41.2% (ABS gap), with a merits-volume stamp so volume is visible without a second identical card grid.

1,695 other immigration judges nationwide have a tracked asylum grant rate; the 6 closest matches to Judge PJM are shown here.

IJ	Grant	Δ vs here	Merits	Stamp	Court
GEC	41.2%	same	876	FULL	Atlanta - W. Peachtree Street
RFS	41.2%	same	221	LIGHT	New York - Varick Street
MGO	41.2%	same	182	LIGHT	Los Angeles - West
HRG	41.2%	same	80	THIN	Conroe
CGW	41.3%	+0.1 pp	75	THIN	Los Angeles - Van Nuys Boulevard
AET	41.1%	-0.1 pp	73	THIN	El Paso

Same-bench poles at Orlando

Same-bench spread at Orlando: Judge PJM runs 41.2% - below the 48.3% national average among IJs with at least 20 merits here.

Nationwide judges with similar asylum caseload

Other thin-volume IJ codes nationwide, caseload peers when merits counts sit below the corpus median.

IJ HRG · Conroe Immigration Court · 80 merits · 41.2% grant
IJ KHJ · Phoenix Immigration Court · 80 merits · 22.5% grant
IJ EMB · Dallas Immigration Court · 80 merits · 68.8% grant
IJ WJN · Fort Snelling Immigration Court · 80 merits · 3.8% grant

Data from DOJ EOIR FOIA bulk case data for Judge PJM at Orlando Immigration Court. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Judge PJM's 80-decision EOIR row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for IJ PJM at Orlando Immigration Court; merits-decision volume 80. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 80 decisions FY2015–2025.

Judge PJM's figures are computed from EOIR case-level records - merits-decision volume 80, not hand-typed editorial values. justice.gov/eoir/foia-library-0

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Judge PJM's grant/denial/merits figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.